The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1887-04-16
HISTORICAL ADDRESS.
By Col. VIM. P. Maulsby, April 18th, 1887, at
the emi-Centennial Of Carroll County.

Up to the erection Of Carroll county,
from nearly equal parts of territory taken
from Frederick and Baltimore counties,
Fifty years ago, Westminster was a village
of about 500 inhabitants, whose chief i'm
portance was derived from the circumstance
that it was situate on the turnpike road
leading from Baltimore towards and to
Pittsburg, at the distance of days drive
from Baltimore, for the large teams, then
doing the transportation between these and
intermediate points 1t was the point at
which these teams stopped nightly, in large
numbers, and the monies LETT by them
formed a considerable part of its ready
money support. 1t was also a stopping
point of the four-horse stage coaches car
rying passengers to and fro.
1t had bank, of which at that time,
Isaac Shriver was president and John
Fisher cashier, which, in addition to its
regular dividends, made occasionally extra
dividends of 20 per cent. There was one
professional man, Doctor Willis. There
were three stores, comparatively small, one
hotel, and three wagon taverns. Thet turn
pike road, east and west of town, was filed
Thara ,voro four t.nneries and fifth in pro-
coss Of erection, The entire population,
besides the bank officers, the doctor, and
the store keepers and one editor, Mr.. Long
well, who dignifed his profession by the
work of his own hands, and besides dis,
tba Westminster rifiemen. consisted of me-
obon;os ongacad in the various vacations of
ta;Iars sboemoLers wbeelwriobts black
sm;tbo battors each man carving ON his
trade for himself and on his own account.
MI III .ha tnwn ono n;ano and two
ann III horsa Gottysbyrg bnilt carriaoes Of
wh;ob tho cost nrice at the sbop. was about
siao oaob 'N f,YYS =
In tbo vow carly neri;od of the settle
mont Of mart Of the territory of which the
county il now composed, Bruces. lineal de,
scendonts of Robert Brnee. had settled in
= md Jobn Ross Kew who played part
n onr Revolutionary struggle and was
father of the LAWYER Poet, author of the
Star Snanoled Banner had also made his
family home on it. During the Revolu-
t;onorv War the road along which Wash
;naton led aft times the patriot army,
naosoJ throucb the MINER or western part
IF ,bo ooonty. and Tanevtown now points
70 tbo bouse /, lie borders. Mt which he
atonnod md Tho tahle carefully preserved.
At Which he sat, these are the only ele-
,ments we have from which story could be
woven. or song sung. Noae have woven
The story. and none have sung the song,
ovoent The instance mentioned.
Fif,y wears ooo the population of the
.oo,,,t,: oon.;ste6 almost wholly. of work
inc farmers supplemented by a large num-
nor Of tanners who had sunk their watts at
,numerons noints. and mechanics in every
,no;abborbood 70 meet its wants. Quiet.
mnohtrusiye. home labor. not avoiding or
,sbrinkino from. but not inviting. the notice
Of the nassers bv. was the Characteristic of
onr nonulat;on natural. and indeed
'ooaosporr onncom;tant ne this individual
Iahor and industry was n HIGH order of indie.
nesdept manhood, and of native, self reli-
ant hard sense. =.
From sucb material it would seem to be
a;f;cnlt 70 fashion a history. which would
s..sssal 10 vour ;maqination, or warm your
bpson, or axc;ta your nlaudits. And SO
it would be, and is, II history, as y "a,
been eustomarlly written, be the standafa
by which this HISTORY IS 70 PC measured.
The sod OF this county, neither ~ former
nor ia later times, bad produced 2 general
or statesman, or an orator, or = scientist,
whose deeds or words have enthralled the
gaze of men. History. as 1t has been writ
ten, has dwelt with the names ana the
doiRgs Of men great ana famous, Ro~
famousf FOR wnat famous FOG coasl,D e
tons made to the welfare ana happiness Oh Z
the great masses OF the communities o.
which they were parts VI ior 'lie quaI-
titles of the blood of these masses winch
they have ordered to be stedY For inc
number of widowed wives, and u1fathered
children they have madeY For the masss,
of treasure which they have aos'raeteq
from the producing labors OF the men whom
they arranged into cohorts and columns,